scholar

schol-ar · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who studies a subject in depth; an expert in a particular field.

  2. 2.

    A student who holds a scholarship.

  3. 3.

    A learned or erudite person.

Forms

plural: scholars

Related words

See also: academic, professor, student
Synonyms: academic, intellectual, student

Etymology

From Latin scholaris ("of a school"), from schola ("school"), from Greek skholē ("leisure, discussion").